linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/2] ocfs2: Fix possible memory leak in ocfs2_finish_quota

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Message-ID: <72e5496c-df00-4b1f-bad0-b211ffaa61cf@linux.alibaba.com>
Date: Thu, 3 Apr 2025 08:56:22 +0800
From: Joseph Qi <joseph.qi@...ux.alibaba.com>
To: Murad Masimov <m.masimov@...integration.ru>, Mark Fasheh
 <mark@...heh.com>, akpm <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc: Joel Becker <jlbec@...lplan.org>, Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>,
 ocfs2-devel@...ts.linux.dev, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
 lvc-project@...uxtesting.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] ocfs2: Fix possible memory leak in
 ocfs2_finish_quota_recovery



On 2025/4/2 14:56, Murad Masimov wrote:
> If ocfs2_finish_quota_recovery() exits due to an error before passing all
> rc_list elements to ocfs2_recover_local_quota_file() then it can lead to
> a memory leak as rc_list may still contain elements that have to be freed.
> 
> Release all memory allocated by ocfs2_add_recovery_chunk() using
> ocfs2_free_quota_recovery() instead of kfree().
> 
> Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with Syzkaller.
> 
> Fixes: 2205363dce74 ("ocfs2: Implement quota recovery")
> Signed-off-by: Murad Masimov <m.masimov@...integration.ru>

Looks good.
Reviewed-by: Joseph Qi <joseph.qi@...ux.alibaba.com>

> ---
>  fs/ocfs2/quota_local.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/quota_local.c b/fs/ocfs2/quota_local.c
> index 2956d888c131..e60383d6ecc1 100644
> --- a/fs/ocfs2/quota_local.c
> +++ b/fs/ocfs2/quota_local.c
> @@ -678,7 +678,7 @@ int ocfs2_finish_quota_recovery(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
>  	}
>  out:
>  	up_read(&sb->s_umount);
> -	kfree(rec);
> +	ocfs2_free_quota_recovery(rec);
>  	return status;
>  }
> 
> --
> 2.39.2